Top billed cast
Marina HandsGisèle Halimi
Hafsia HerziDjamila Boupacha
Dominique ReymondSimone de Beauvoir
Thomas JouannetClaude Faux
Salah TeskoukAbdelaziz Boupacha
Zohra MouffokZoubeida Boupacha
Raymond AquavivaPierre Popie
Bruno ChicheDaniel Mayer
Thierry GibaultAndré Postel-Vinay
Jean DellEdmond Michelet
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